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an organization that consists of a group of people who think of new ideas on a particular subject or who give advice about what should be done
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Advertisement It is being organized from Washington by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a progressive think tank, which invited a limited group of Democratic lawmakers who are focused on Latin America.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
The Family Research Council, a nonprofit evangelical think tank based in Washington, D.C., released a report this year that documented 915 crimes committed against churches in the U.S. between 2018 and 2023.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
It was written after visiting Buenos Aires to attend a conference jointly organized by the Cato Institute and an Argentine free-market think tank, Libertad y Progreso.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 29 July 2024
But even among the broader collection of think tanks, nonprofits and pundits on the author list, others have past controversies on the issue of race.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
The Family Research Council, a nonprofit evangelical think tank based in Washington, D.C., released a report this year that documented 915 crimes committed against churches in the U.S. between 2018 and 2023.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
It was written after visiting Buenos Aires to attend a conference jointly organized by the Cato Institute and an Argentine free-market think tank, Libertad y Progreso.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 29 July 2024
But even among the broader collection of think tanks, nonprofits and pundits on the author list, others have past controversies on the issue of race.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
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